In Texas, there is a possibility that a court will allow a text message to be evidence that a written, signed agreement exists. While Texas courts have not specifically ruled on whether text messages can be used as evidence of an enforceable contract, other states, such as New York, Massachusetts...
The statute of frauds is a law found in the Texas Business & Commerce Code Sections 26.01 that requires any contract for the sale of real property, or for leases longer than one year, be in writing and signed by the person charged with the promise for the agreement to be enforceable. Therefore, a...
Anyone can set up a corporation or limited liability company ("LLC") relatively quickly under Texas law. The Texas Secretary of State website is a great (although complex) tool for comparing business entities such as sole proprietorships (the default business entity), partnerships, limited partn...
Lots of buyers and sellers decide that a lawyer is not required to protect them in real estate transactions. Instead, they believe that the real estate agent will fully protect their interests, even though they may be putting hundreds of thousands of dollars or more at risk. Is this a wise deci...
This can be one of the most complicated areas of the law for the lay person to navigate. You're ready to hire a new employee, but you'd like to have them sign a noncompete agreement. And you don't really understand what you can and can't ask for. When does it come up? It should be noted tha...
You probably know that signing a mortgage involves serious legal commitments, but a deed of trust sounds more like a document that merely involves transfer of title to property. After all, a common dictionary meaning for the word "deed" is "a signed and usually sealed instrument containing some ...
Bench Trial v. Jury Trial Chances are when you think of a trial, you think of a trial by jury. But there is another, sometimes, more common option – a bench trial. If you want to know the difference between a bench trial and a jury trial, read on.
I've discovered that my neighbor's fence is on my property. What should I do? You probably understand that a fence that crosses over your property line, or some other intrusion such as using your property for storage, a garden, a driveway, or the like, violates your short-term rights, but when ...
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